Had a Badd Day

It only takes a few mistakes to ruin a dream tournament.

Unfortunately for Baddeley, they all came at once.

Watching seasoned professionals struggle with the US Open course was fun though. Made me feel less bad about my regular struggling on any golf course.

Happy Birthday to my Outspoken Sports Blog

Sports blogging is overrated.

I've been doing this for a year, and all my faithful readers have decided to leave this site for something more interesting.

Well, on the eve of remembering Aloisi and Cahill correcting one of the greatest injustices in Australian footballing history against Japan (and then finding that more injustices were to come), I thought that it might be worth calling those faithful readers back for one last celebration.

The blog has gone downhill since Australia were bundled out of the FIFA World Cup, with only a minor resurgence for the Ashes, but we shall never forget that precious day, nor the person who rang my mobile twice at 1am to wish me a happy birthday and share the excitement of such an amazing final 10 minutes.

Those sorts of memories are much better than the ones that come from wankers who stop you watching Australia play Uruguay by putting up signs in front of your view during the play.

So thank you all, and if you are one of my faithful readers that I haven't seen in the flesh for a while, let's catch up.

St Ives FC

For those of you who may be interested in my sporting exploits, The Emerald Green has been updated for the 2007 season (I am playing Division 7).

They also have an Emerald Green Blog, which I may occasionally contribute to.

Well worth a read.

Too busy to care

I guess that sums up my attitude to the World Cup Cricket, and it looks a fairly popular one.

At the moment I have noticed that following it is too much of a hassle, and blogging it seems pointless.

Oh well, leave a comment if you want me to blog some more sport. Even the NRL looks a bit funny at the moment, without too much worth saying.

Pakistan - GAWN; India - On the Ropes

It seems the world cup minnows have just slayed a giant.

Pakistan, most famous recently for bringing the game into disrepute, then playing politics with the umpiring panel, have been beated by Ireland. Following on from their defeat at the hands of the West Indies, they can now look forward to a safe trip home, earlier than most would have expected.

In news sure to delight many minnow watchers, Bangladesh has also come into the fray with a defeat of India.

Much joy can be had watching these results. It brings a feel of unpredictability to the outcome, much like a genuine World Cup (remember Germany 2006).

Why I love the underdogs

You don't get guys like this playing professional Cricket week in, week out.

But to get 2/32 against England, no matter how poorly they ended up batting, he gets my player of the week award.

9-350

What sort of effort is it for Australia to let New Zealand chase over 330 twice in two games?

Each lost game recently has involved a failure of our bowlers to defend quite high scores.

This pathetic bowling effort should say only one thing to the selectors.

Pick Stuart Clark, the form Australian bowler.